COMMAND KEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does command key mean? 

• COMMAND KEY (noun)
  The noun COMMAND KEY has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters

  Familiarity information: COMMAND KEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMAND KEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

command key; control key

Hypernyms ("command key" is a kind of...):

key (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)